[Kolokotronis]

"NONE of them challenged Kosta's earlier statement of the Orthodox view on the subject [of filioque]

Because the distinctions are too subtle to be arguing over on a thread when the basics of faith are questioned. The Catholic Church sanctions the Creed without the filioque also when the flock prefers it that way."

It is way too subtle indeed at one level, and rather dramatically important at another...but its not a subject the Protestants would be in the least interested in, certainly not on this thread. Its too bad that Agreed Statement is so long, because there's a good deal to ponder there but the bandwidth....

[Mad Dawg]

Well, since this is the mother of all omnibus threads, May I wonder 'aloud' if our Orthodox brethren would settle for a compromise along the lines of "through the Son" or "with the Son in a supporting role" or something. I am WAY ignorant on these things, but I've never understood how the Son could originate anything, even in the mysterious economy of the Trinity, but I CAN see how He could have been involved with the procession of the Holy Spirit. It's the miserable "que" that gives me the heebie jeebies because it is so vague and does admit of an equal role of the Son, which just doesn't seem to me to b e possible.

But what do I know?